Bug#560617: libio-socket-multicast6-perl: FTBFS: tests failed

[Lucas Nussbaum]

On 29/12/09 at 12:22 +0100, gregor herrmann wrote:
> On Fri, 11 Dec 2009 13:19:38 +0100, Lucas Nussbaum wrote:
> 
> > > #   Failed test 'Creating IO::Socket::Multicast6 object'
> > > #   at t/00use.t line 11.
> > > Can't call method "close" on an undefined value at t/00use.t line 15.
> > > # Looks like you planned 3 tests but ran 2.
> > > # Looks like you failed 1 test of 2 run.
> > > # Looks like your test exited with 2 just after 2.
> > > t/00use.t ........ 
> > > Dubious, test returned 2 (wstat 512, 0x200)
> > > Failed 2/3 subtests 
> 
> That's an interesting bug again :)
> 
> My test results so far:
> 
> * Desktop machine, i386, sid, sid cowbuilder chroot, 2.6.32, ipv6 up
>   and running: builds.
> * Laptop, i386, sid, sid cowbuilder chroot, 2.6.32, ipv6 only
>   Scope:Link: triggers a _different_ bug in the test suite, patch
>   committed to svn. Builds with this patch.
> * Server, amd64, lenny, sid cowbuilder _and_ sid pbuilder chroot,
>   2.6.26, ipv6 only Scope:Link: fails like described in this
>   bugreport.
> * Openmoko, armel, sid, sid cowbuilder chroot, 2.6.29, ipv6 only
>   Scope:Link: fails like described in this bugreport.
> 
> ## Scratch the above. ##
> 
> The perl debugger led me to:
> 
> IO::Socket::INET6::_sock_info(/usr/share/perl5/IO/Socket/INET6.pm:73):
> 73:         if(@proto = getprotobyname($proto)) {
>   DB<1> 
> IO::Socket::INET6::_sock_info(/usr/share/perl5/IO/Socket/INET6.pm:77):  
> 77:           $@ = "Bad protocol '$proto'";  
> 
> which in turn reminded me that netbase might be a helpful package ...

Erm. netbase is not essential or build-essential, so it would make sense
to add it to Build-Depends...
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